Disdain Hindu religion for respectful life, scholar Narayan Manur tells Dalits
Udupi: "The only way for Dalits to lead a respectful life with peace, self-esteem and free from humiliating mentality of untouchability is to reject the Hindu religion and embrace Buddhism followed by Dr. BR Ambedkar”, opined Dalit scholar Narayana Manur.
Addressing the agitators who staged an agitation at Ajjarakadu here on Saturday led by the Federation of Karnataka Dalit Sangharsh Samiti and Dalita Damanitara Swabhimani Horata Samiti, condemning the naked parade of a Dalit youth in Gundlupete taluk and widespread atrocity on Dalits across the country, Manur said that “Manu followers have been conspiring to divide the backward classes, Dalits and minorities. Dalits should reject the Hindu religion which denies them entry into temples and throw the photos of gods and goddesses which you worship at home into sewage”, he said.
Scholar G Rajashekhar said that injustice of caste system was so terrible. The Hindu religion which is answerable to such an atrocity on Dalit youth has been engineering such terrible and ghastly activities in many places which is uncalled for, he said.
Rev. Fr. William Martis, Dalit leader Shekhar Hejamadi, CPM district secretary Balakrishna Shetty, Shamaraj Birthi of Action Committee, DSS leaders S Narayan, Vasunejaru and others were present.
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7 held for running fake call centre in South Kolkata
Kolkata (PTI): Seven people were arrested from the Parnashree area in the southern part of the city for allegedly running a fake call centre, a police officer said on Saturday.
Acting on a tip-off, police raided a house on Netaji Subhas Road on Friday night and found the fake call centre operating from the ground floor, he said.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the accused had set up a bogus company using forged documents and posed as employees of an antivirus firm to call citizens in the US, the officer said.
"The callers would gain the trust of victims and then use remote access to take control of their phones or other digital devices. The accused allegedly siphoned off large sums of money, running into millions of dollars, from victims' accounts," he said.
Five laptops, two WiFi routers, six mobile phones and four headsets were seized from the accused, he said, adding that the seven are being questioned to ascertain the full extent of the racket and to identify others involved.
